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xkcd #3045: AlphaMove (xkcd.com)
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It struggles a little with complex positions, like when there are an even number of moves and it has to round down, but when run against itself it's capable of finding some novelties. At one point I saw six knights on the board at once; Stockfish rarely exceeds four.

https://explainxkcd.com/3045/

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[–] Iron_Lynx 12 points 1 week ago

Fun fact, you can have a completely different game now by changing the language of the notation.